Jeremy Hillary Boob
| Jeremy Hillary Boob | |
|---|---|
| Yellow Submarine character | |
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| Voiced by | Dick Emery |
| Information | |
| Occupation | Physicist, botanist, pianist, satirical author, dentist |
| Title | Doctor of Philosophy |
Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D., is a fictional character appearing in the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine. He was voiced by Dick Emery and was inspired by Jeremy DuQuesnay Adams, a professor at Southern Methodist University.
Fictional character biography
In the film, the Beatles, on their way to save the fictitious region of Pepperland from the Blue Meanies, encounter Jeremy, a strange, gopher-like little brown-furred man with a blue face, pink ears and a fluffy, rabbit-like tail. He has an extremely eccentric and flamboyant personality. He lives in the Sea of Nothing, also known as Nowhere Land, and speaks mostly in rhyme. He describes himself as an "eminent physicist, polyglot classicist, prize-winning botanist, hard-biting satirist, talented pianist, good dentist too". Jeremy also owns a mysterious purple and green object that can turn from a typewriter to a tree, to an easel, a piano, and numerous other things. He spends the vast majority of his time frenetically creating art, using the various transformations of the object. He is seen carving stone, editing a nearly finished book, composing piano music, and painting in rapid succession.
The band realises that one of their songs sums Jeremy up well and they sing "Nowhere Man" about him as he cavorts with their magic. However, as they prepare to leave, Jeremy realizes how literally empty and lonely his life is and becomes inconsolable. Feeling sorry for him, Ringo Starr offers to take him with them and he gratefully accepts.
Later, the Submarine breaks down, and Jeremy helps fix one of the propellers. This makes the Submarine almost too efficient, and it speeds off without them. Jeremy is later kidnapped by the Blue Meanies in the Sea of Holes, and is eventually found in Pepperland, hanging by the leg to the branch of a tree. When Ringo cuts him down, he then helps The Beatles to defeat the Meanies by covering the Chief Blue Meanie with flowers, thereby proving that a Nobody can in fact, be somebody.
Creation
Jeremy Hillary Boob was originally named Jeremy Y. du Q. Adams, after Southern Methodist University professor Jeremy DuQuesnay Adams.[1][2] The character of Jeremy was intended as a parody of public intellectuals and polymaths, most notably theatrical director and doctor, Jonathan Miller, whom story writer Lee Minoff had previously worked with.[3] He is also alleged to have been inspired by Cambridge poet J.H. Prynne.[4]
References
- ↑ Hallock, Jeremy (4 May 2016). "The Dallas Man Who Inspired Yellow Submarine's Jeremy Hillary Boob Has Died". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ Simnacher, Joe (5 May 2016). "Jeremy Adams, 82, popular SMU medieval history professor". Dallas News. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ Hieronimus, Robert (2001). Inside the Yellow Submarine. ISBN 0-87349-360-5.
- ↑ http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/241414